The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2026/01/07 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: January 7, 2026

The World This Hour for 2026/01/07 at 08:00 EST

Things at the precinct haven't been the same. I know we've been understaffed since Ellis left, but maybe today things will turn around. But now, the most unlikely fare is back on the case. Hey, Max, you miss me? The dream team's back together. Yeah, I guess it is. And on each other's.

Are you going to be able to keep it together on this one? I am nothing if not professed. Wildcards. New season. Watch free on CBC Gem. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings a week of national mourning has been declared in venezuela in the wake of last weekend's raid that saw the united states capture president nicholas maduro he here is now the

country's acting president delsi rodriguez I've made the decision to declare a seven-day morning period to honor and glory the young men and women who died offering their lives, defending Venezuela, defending President Nicolas Maduro. It's for them our recognition. It has wounded my soul the images of the bodies, but I know they were martyred for the supreme values of this republic.

Venezuelan officials say dozens of military members were killed in the raid, and the Cuban government says 32 of its military and police officials deployed to Venezuela were also killed. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump says Venezuela will be turning over $2 billion worth of crude oil to the United States. Venezuela has a glut of oil that hasn't been able to sell since the Trump administration recently imposed a oil tanker blockade. Now to the reaction in Greenland, to the ongoing threats being issued by the Trump administration. The latest being, President Trump's claim that he would be willing to use the military to take control of the Danish territory. Winita Taylor has more.

We don't want to be Americans. We are Galashid. We are Greenlanders. That's Sarah Olsvig, chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council in New Greenland, an international NGO representing 180,000 Inuit of Greenland, Canada, Alaska and Chakotka in Russia. Inuit have been fighting for the self-government arrangements for our rights. Olsvig rejects U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to take over Greenland. People of Ghana-Sid men, and inuit, we have already been through colonization, and we know what it means when the interests of others and more powerful nations and peoples affects us negatively. Trump has had his eye on Greenland since his first term in 2019.

We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. In a statement issued Tuesday, the White House said it's discussing options to acquire the island, as a national security priority necessary to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region. Oneida Taylor, CBC News, Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Citing in part a spike in crime rates, the Ontario government last year closed the province's safe injection sites. But a recent study is suggesting a more nuanced picture with researchers in Toronto, finding that in neighborhoods where the sites were located, overall crime rates plateaued

or even declined. Jennifer Yoon reports. It's the worst thing that could ever happen to a community. Ontario Premier Doug Ford on banning supervised injection sites near schools back in August 2024. His government insisted they were linked with higher crime rates. Now, a study is offering data to the contrary. Crimes did not increase. McGill University professor, Dmitra Panagiotoglu tracked robberies, assaults, and grand thefts around several Toronto safe injection sites.

Except break-ins, she said. She says crime rates either stayed the same or even declined. Keith Hambly is the CEO at Fred Victor Center, one of the safe injection sites in the study. I think we are there to be a good neighbor, to hear people, what their concerns are. That site is still open, but most of the injection sites have now closed. And this new data doesn't appear to be changing Ontario's policy, according to a statement from the government. Fanajiotoglu wants more research on other factors that affect how safe people feel near injection sites. Jennifer Yun, CBC News, Toronto.

A winter storm system now into its third day is upending the lives of millions of people across Europe. Snow, ice, and freezing temperatures are forcing widespread train delays and flight cancellations. The Dutch airline, KLM, alone, is canceled more than 600 flights. Dangerous road conditions of stop bus and truck deliveries in Paris. And French officials are warning that the disruption will impact the delivery of fresh produce and other food products right across the country. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe.